Thomas A. Bogar taught theatre history, dramatic literature, and theatrical production for forty years, most recently at Hood College in Frederick, Maryland, and directed over seventy theatrical productions. He is the author of Thomas Hamblin and the Bowery Theatre (Palgrave Macmillan 2018), Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination, American Presidents Attend the Theatre, and a biography of 19th-century actor-manager John E. Owens. He is the recipient of two National Endowment for the Humanities fellowships and served as a judge for Washington's Helen Hayes Theatre Awards. He lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.